A 13 day tour incorporating a 9 day tour of Corsica, France's mediterranean "island of beauty." The scenic tour route to the starting point Nice for our ferry across to Corsica takes four days travelling from St Malo. In Villefranche-sur-Mer just next to Nice we meet up with participants on the 9 day tour who make their own way down and then catch the afternoon ferry from Nice to Bastia on Corsica's north east coast. We then spend the next 9 days driving around the entire island exploring virtually all the coastal roads as well as driving over many mountain passes. Corsica is one of the most beautiful of the Mediterranean islands and is over a 100 miles long and 50 miles wide with mountains reaching 2,700 metres high. With over 600 miles of coastland, Corsica also has the best beaches in the Mediterranean especially on its west coast. It also boasts the most dazzling array of diverse and colourful landscapes in the whole of Europe incorporating; chestnut forests, rocky landscapes, valleys with waterfalls, emerald green mountain lakes, black pine forests and green vineyards. The amazing array of flora and fauna supports over 2000 different plants which come to life each Spring pervading the air with a seductive scent of blossoms. This is why we have timed our car tour in April - also the temperatures in April are far more pleasant!

9-day tour to watch the atmospheric and nostalgic Mille Miglia historic re-run starting and finishing in Italy's Brescia with some 300 classic cars participating.Our tour starts with a Dover -Dunkerque early morning ferry crossing and our route takes us through Belgium with overnight stops in Echternach,Luxembourg and Riquiwhr,one of France's most beautiful villages in Alsace.We then visit the world famous Sclumpf auto museum before heading south to Lucerne in Switzerland where our hotel is based on the Lake Sarner, a small lake just south of Lucerne.From here we visit Interlaken before driving over the Grimselpass and Simplon pass before arriving in Italy where our next overnight stop is overlooking Lake Orta a little known, but beautful small lake, a few miles west of Lake Maggiore.After four days of reasonably demanding driving we spend the night here at our hotel in Orto St. Giulio overlooking the charming lake and town.The following day leaving Lake Orta we drive to Stresa on Lake Maggiore and then drive clockwise around the lake to Luino on the eastern shore where we drive to Lake Lugano.We then drive along the delightful lakeshore through Lugano town and along the north shoreline continuing to Lake Como and our next hotel overlooking Lake Como at Menaggio.The following day we drive anti clockwise down the western shore of the lake passing George Clooney's villa in Laglio through Cernobbio where the world famous hotel Villa d'Este is located to Como town and then up the scenic coast road to Bellagio regarded by many, including the poet Shelley, as the most beautiful town on the lake.This is also our morning coffee stop.We then take the 15 minute car ferry to Varenna and drive up the eastern lake shore of Lake Como to Colico.From here we travel east across the mountains skirting the nearby Stelvio Pass,( which, unfortunately, will almost certainly still be closed), via Lake Idro to Desenzano on Lake Garda's south west shoreline.Lake Garda is Italy's largest lake and Desenzano is our hotel base for the next four nights.On Thursday we take the morning train into nearby Brescia to watch the atmospheric build up to the start of the Mille Miglia where the first cars leave Brescia at 7.30pm.Early evening we return to our hotel in Desenzano, overlooking the lake, where we can watch the cars come through the town after 8.30pm where there is a Mille Miglia checkpoint.On Friday we visit Maranello, home of Ferrari and visit the Ferrari Museum,( the Galleria Ferrari),followed by a visit to the Lamborghini museum and factory in nearby Sant 'Agata Bolognese.We then return to Lake Garda and visit some beautiful gardens and Sirmione described as "the jewel of Lake Garda".On Saturday we enjoy a relaxing day driving around Lake Garda and visiting gardens and villas and then watch the return of the Mille Miglia cars as they come back to Brescia.On Sunday we say our farewells and return home.

An 8 day tour of the beautiful Dordogne region in Aquitaine in SouthWest France visiting over 20 of the most beautiful villages in France,( les plus beaux villages), as well as visits to chateaux, gardens, prehistoric caves and museums.For the past few years we have spent a couple of days exploring the Dordogne during our popular "Angouleme Circuit des Remparts" tours each September and client feedback has always been "more Dordogne please," so, voila, in 2009 we devoted an entire tour to the Dordogne and following its success this is now a regular tour.Following an overnight ferry crossing to St. Malo our scenic route takes us across rural France stopping in a 4* luxury chateau hotel in the Loire Valley.From here we drive south through the tranquil Vienne valley to Brantome, one of the prettiest towns in the Dordogne, where we stop for the next two nights.The next day we enjoy a leisurely morning exploring Brantome with a visit to nearby St Jean de Cole, one of France's beaux villages, followed by lunch in a stunning Michelin * restaurant, the Moulin de Roc, a converted walnut oil mill.After lunch we visit Aubeterre in the adjoining Charente region another beautiful village where we visit the amazing monolithic church, Europe's largest.The following day our route takes us south to the area of the Dordogne known as Perigord Noir where we visit the beautiful gardens at Erygnac before arriving in Sarlat, the jewel in the Dordogne's crown, arguably, the best preserved medieval town in Europe.In the afternoon we visit La Roque Gageac and Beynac, two of France's most beautiful villages.Our hotel tonight is in Domme with a terrace with stunning viws overlooking the Dordogne valley.The next day we visit another 6 beautiful villages ending up in Rocamadour which although in the Lot region, not the Dordogne, is too good and too near to miss!We return to Domme early evening.The following day we return to Brantome stopping off en-route to visit two impressive chateaux, a stunning garden and more beautiful villages.On our penultimate day, our Dordogne visit over, we return to the Loire valley stopping off in the morning to visit Oradour Sur Glane the "Village Martyr" a national monument where towards the end of World war two over 500 inhabitants were massacred in one day by the retreating German SS .In the afternoon we a stop for coffee in Chinon before returning to our first night's hotel, Chateau de Rochecotte for our final night's celebratory dinner.The following day we drive up to Caen to catch the afternoon ferry stopping off for morning coffee at La Chartre sur Le Loir at the Hotel de France used as the headquarters of the Aston Martin Le Mans racing team in the 1950's and 60's.Lunch is in Sees where we can visit the twin spired cathedral.

7-day tour starting with a ferry crossing to North-West Spain.Our scenic route takes us from the Atlantic coast right across the Pyrenees to the Mediterranean on wonderful quiet roads amidst spectacular scenery through timeless villages crossing many mountain passes and driving through scenic gorges.Most nights our accommodation is in stylish Parador hotels on the Spanish side of the Pyrenees.We eventually arrive at a stunningly located Parador hotel on Spain's rugged, yet beautiful, Mediterranean north-east coast.

5 day tour to Le Mans to watch the world famous 24 hours race. Starting with an overnight ferry crossing from Portsmouth to St.Malo on Wednesday evening we take a scenic route to our sumptuous 4* chateau hotel in the Loire Valley and our base for the duration of the tour, stopping off at the medieval town of Vitre for lunch and the Le Mans circuit to visit the museum and to familiarise ourselves with parking arrangements and grandstands over the weekend.On Friday we visit Candes St. Martin,one of France's most beautiful villages, followed by a lunch in Saumur and a visit to a museum and a wine cave.In the afternoon we visit the Abbey of Fontevraud and the chateau of Usse.Over the weekend we visit Le Mans to watch the 24 hours racing.Return ferry late Monday afternoon from Caen to Portsmouth.

10 day tour of Switzerland incorporating the Stelvio Pass.

10 day tour of Switzerland enjoying arguably Europe's most magnificent scenery and driving roads. Our stunning route starts with a channel crossing from Dover and takes us through Belgium to our first overnight stop in Luxembourg.We then drive south into France's Alsace for our second night.On day three we drive into Germany's Black Forest into Switzerland,En-route we visit the world famous Schlumpf classic car collection in Mulhouse's "France National Automobile Museum".In Switzerland we spend two nights on Lake Sarner just south of Lake Lucerne.On day four we drive over several spectacular passes followed by a tour around Lake Lucerne.The next day we drive over the Gotthard Pass to Davos where we drive along Top Gear's "best driving road in the world" then over the Stelvio Pass from the northern end.After a night in Bormio at the foot of the Stelvio Pass we drive the pass again from south to north before returning to Lake Sarner.The following day we drive via Interlaken over more spectacular passes to Montreux on Lake Geneva, (Lac Leman), where we spend the next two nights.The following day we enjoy a leisurely morning on Lake Geneva followed by a visit to the pretty village of Gruyere famous for its cheese.The next day we drive via Martigny and Verbier over several more passes including the Grand St Bernard Pass ending up in Cogne a charming Italian ski resort in the Grand Paradisio national park and our overnight stop.On our final day we drive to Courmayeur then through the Mt Blanc tunnel to Chamonix and back to Martigny ending up once again in Montreux for our final night.Altogether an unforgettable trip and an amazing driving experience.

5 day tour to Le Mans to watch the world famous "Le Mans Classic" car races which are held every two years. Starting with a ferry crossing to St.Malo on Wednesday evening we take a scenic route to our sumptuous 4* chateau hotel in the Loire Valley, our base for the duration of the tourWe stop off at the medieval town of Vitre for lunch and in the afternoon the Le Mans circuit to visit the museum and to familiarise ourselves with parking and grandstand arrangements over the weekend.On Friday we visit Candes St. Martin,one of France's most beautiful villages, followed by a lunch in Chinon and a visit to a museum and a wine cave.In the afternoon we visit the Abbey of Fontevraud and the beautiful gardens of Chateau Chatonniere.On Saturday morning we drive up to Le Mans to spend the day enjoying the build up to the afternoon start of the races returning to our hotel on Saturday night.On Sunday morning we visit Le Mans again to watch the classic car racing which finishes in the afternoon after which we return to our hotel for a celebratory final dinner..Return ferry late Monday afternoon from Caen to Portsmouth.

9 day tour through the spectacular Alps enjoying arguably Europe's most magnificent scenery and driving roads. Our stunning route starts with a channel crossing from Dover and takes us over countless mountain passes and through scenic gorges incorporating 7 countries; France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Switzerland, Italy and Monaco.In Switzerland we spend two nights relaxing on Lake Sarner just south of Lake Lucerne and a night in Montreux on Lake Geneva,( Lac Leman).En-route we visit the world famous Schlumpf classic car collection in Mulhouse's "France National Automobile Museum" and drive over a dozen of Europe's highest mountain passes including the "Col de Bonnette" the highest road in Europe.On our penultimate day our route includes several Monte Carlo rally mountain routes before we arrive on the Mediterranean's Cote d' Azur for the last night of the tour at Villefranche-sur-Mer between Monaco and Nice. Altogether an unforgettable trip and an amazing driving experience.

A 7 day tour of the Loire Valley staying throughout at a sumptuous 4* chateau hotel less than a mile from the river Loire.Starting with a ferry crossing to St.Malo we take a scenic route to our chateau hotel in the Loire Valley and our base for the entire tour.Our leisurely tour comprises 6 leisurely days of driving on minor roads and visiting over half a dozen Loire Valley chateaux, museums, two world-renown gardens, wine caves, and the largest medieval abbey in Europe.Our stunning, picturesque route incorporates some of the prettiest towns and villages in the Loire Valley including some of France's most beautiful villages including Candes St. Martin and Montsoreau, as well visits to Saumur,Montreuil Bellay, Fontevraud, Usse, Azay le Rideau, Villandry, Chinon, Langeais, Bourgueil, Chenonceaux

10-day tour with 6 days in the Italian Lakes.

A 10 day tour to watch the atmospheric Italian Grand Prix in Monza in northern Italy combined with an opportunity to drive over the notorious Stelvio Pass described by Clarkson and chums as the "best driving road in Europe", as well as visiting five of the Italian lakes with five nights on Lake Como, arguably, the most romantic of the lakes.Our tour starts with a Dover-Dunkerque early morning ferry crossing and our route takes us through Belgium with overnight stops in Luxembourg, Alsace,and Switzerland before arriving in Italy where our first overnight stop is overlooking Lake Orta, a little known, but beautful small lake a few miles west of Lake Maggiore.We then travel around Lake Maggiore to Lake Lugano and on to Lake Como where our hotel awaits us on the western shore overlooking the lake.The following day we drive around the stunning Lake Como and across to Bormio where we drive over the Stelvio Pass, 2,757 metres high with 60 hairpins leading to the summit.We stay overnight at Bormio to give us a chance to drive the Stelvio the following morning for a second time before returning to Lake Como where we spend the next three nights.Over the weekend we visit Monza to watch the practising,qualifying and the actual Italian Grand Prix itself which is said to be the most atmospheric grand prix of them all with 100,000 fanatical Italian fans cheering on their beloved Ferraris!

8-day tour, ( with 5 day tour option) to visit the atmospheric Circuit des Remparts classic car street races in Angoulême in South West France.Our scenic route, following our overnight ferry to St. Malo takes us via the Le Mans 24 hours circuit and auto museum to the Loire Valley where our overnight stop is a sumptuous 4* chateau hotel Then we head south through the picturesque Vienne Valley to Bourdeilles just 5 miles from one of France's most beautiful towns, Brantôme, in the Dordogne, our base for the next 3 nights.On Saturday we spend the morning in Brantome and then we take you to a stunningly beautiful one star Michelin restaurant the Moulin du Roc before driving up via Aubeterre, one of France's prettiest villages where we visit the amazing monolithic church the largest in Europe.We then continue to Angoulême to drive the street circuit and to enjoy the pre-race atmosphere and cars on display, On Sunday morning we leave our hotel early and drive up to Angouleme to watch the wonderfully evocative and exciting classic car races, with a special category devoted to twenty Bugattis. On Monday we leave Bourdeilles and enjoy a two-day tour of the Dordogne visiting the beautiful gardens of Eyrignac and stunning villages and medieval towns including Sarlat, Beynac, and La Roque Gageac before arriving in Domme where our new hotel is based perched on high overlooking the river Dordogne.On Tuesday we visit Rocamadour as well as another stunning garden and two chateaux before returning via more "beaux villages" to Bourdeilles for our final night in the Dordogne.The next day we leave the Dordogne stopping off to visit Oradour sur Glane the "village martyr" where almost the entire village inhabitants,over 500 people were massacred during the second world war and is now a unique national monument.From here we head back to the Loire valley stopping off in Chinon for an afternoon coffee before arriving back at our 4 * chateau hotel for our final night.On our final day our trip back to catch the afternoon ferry involves a morning coffee stop at the Hotel de France in La Chartre sur le Loir which during the 1950's and 60's was the headquarters of the Aston Martin Le Mans racing team.Our lunchstop is Sees where we have a chance to visit the twin spired cathedral. Our ferry from Caen to Portsmouth leaves at approx 5.00pm

10-day tour to Provence via stunning gorges and 24 "beaux villages".

10-day tour visiting Provence and some of the most stunning gorges in France, visiting along the route twenty of France's most beautiful villages,( les plus beaux villages).Following an overnight ferry crossing to St. Malo our scenic route takes us across rural France stopping in a 4* luxury chateau hotel in the Loire Valley.From here we drive south through the Vienne valley to Brantome in the Dordogne.Our route then takes us along the Dordogne valley via half a dozen beautiful villages through the gorge into stunning Rocamadour perched on a cliff and a centre of pilgrimage for over 900 years.From here we continue on country roads to Conques, another beautiful village, where we drive through the Lot Valley and smaller gorges to Millau where the world's highest and most beautiful suspension bridge spans the Millau gorge.Our hotel for the next two nights is a 16th century chateau hotel nestling in the stunning Gorges du Tarn which we will explore over the next two days.We then drive east into Provence stopping for two nights in the Luberon,( made famous by Peter Mayle as well as other classical French writers) and explore another half a dozen"beaux villages" before continuing east, still in Provence, into the Var and our hotel for the next two nights.We then spend a day driving around Europe's largest gorge, the Gorge du Verdon, France's Grand Canyon and another day visiting more beautiful villages. On our final day we pass through four more beautiful villages and travel through the Gorge de Chateaudouble before driving through the Gorge de Loup in the Alpes Maritimes above Nice arriving on the Mediterranean coastline at Villefranche- sur- Mer for our final evening of the tour.